In the name of Allah the Gracious the Merciful.
On September 7, 2008 during the Muslim Holy month of Ramadhan, while Muslims were fasting and trying to achieve cleansing of their souls through fasting a self proclaimed scholor and an anchor of the program called "Aalim Online" broadcasted by privately owned Geo Television of Pakistan / Dubai and UK ignited what it became a sectarian terrorism within less than 48 hours.
Two Presidents of the chapters of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Mirpur Khas and in Nawabshah were brutally assasinated and inhumanly murdered on September 9th and 10th 2008. Both presidents of the chapters were influential in there respected sphere of circles in Mirpur Khas and in Nawabshah.
Dr. Abdul Mannan Siddiqui who built and operated and managed Fazle Umar Medical Center was the Amir / President of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Mirpur Khas. For convenience to readers, Fazl-e-Umar Medical Center is the only private Medical Center of Mirpur Khas and has better medical facilities than compare to any other government owned Rural Health Centers in Sindh.
Dr. Abdul Mannan Siddiqui was making routine round at the hospital when four assailants came two were parrying on the street while two assasins indiscriminately fired upon Dr. Siddiqui and his guard. A total of 11 shots were fired on Dr. Siddiqui who died on the spot.
Similarly, Mr. Muhammad Yusuf the district chief of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Nawabshah was shot to death by two unidentified men while he was near Ahmadiyya Mosque to open his fast. Mr. Yusuf was a trader by profession and was well known and respected in Nawabshah City.
Interestingly, no one from media spoke against this inhumane killing and only few sensible opinion writers in Dawn the English newspaper of Pakistan wrote against the brutal killings of innocent Ahmadis.
Geo TV and the owners did not apologise for spreading hatered at a time where Pakistan's own existence is at stake. Nor did they had courage and moral to rein the anchor of "Aalim Online" Dr. Aamir Liaquat Hussain.
MQM -- Muttahida Qaumi Movement, a secular party in Pakistan's politics. The chief of the party Mr. Altaf Hussain, who resides in London, UK was quick to condemn the killings. However, none of the other secular parties like PPP--of President Zardari / Bhutto's party, ANP of Asfandyar Wali/ Wali Khan also known as secular party, BNP--Baloch Nationalist Party, or any other Sindhi leaders such as Rasool Bux Palejo, Dr. Qadir Magsi, or Shahnawaz Bhutto of SNF (Sindh National Front) ever spoke against such cruel acts.
Yet all of these parties claim to be secular and tolerant and portray themselves as progressive parties. Such is the hypocrisy in a 170 million country of Muslims of India. It shows that inside they all believe in atrocities committed against innocent people of Pakistan, yet they want world to know that they are the victims of terrorism.
I wrote a letter to a syndicated columnist of Dawn Mr. Cowasjee. Although his articles portray as he and his values that he represents differ from the "Faithfuls" but his "non-courageous" remarks testified that Ahmadiyya Muslim Community will spread in the world only through winning the hearts of the people and the promised made by the Almighty to the Promised Messiah of this age Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian that "I will spread they message to the corners of the earth" not through the sympathies of the people with Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. However, God's sympahty will certainly be with Ahmadis despite of the persecution they are facing around the world.
Mr. Cowasjee wrote to me in response to my letter saying, "I am informed by many of the Faithful that as I am a non-Muslim I should not comment.I should keep my nose out of the matter.So am afraid you will have to fight your own battles.Good luck and Eid Mubarak AC"
He's probably right in what he wrote to me. I have no qualms with what Mr. Cowasjee wrote. However, I have a bone to pick that why a non-Muslim can't write in favor of a so called non-Muslim community for that matter? Why cannot anyone write in favor of a just cause regardless of religion?
The fact is no one is ready to speak out against injustice in this world. Either on international stage or within one's country or place of residence.
This is the era in which all the founders of different religions foretold in their scriptures that a latter reformer will emerge to end the falsehood and would establish peace and justice. In Islam, Judaism and Christianity that reformer was called as the "second coming of the Messiah" and the Promised Mahdi for Muslims, in Hinduism this reformer is foretold as the "reincarnation of Lord Krishna", the Buddhist's Budha and the reincarnation or second coming of Zoroaster and so on. This reformer is none other than Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian, India who is this age's Promised Reformer for whom all the people are waiting to come.
Although he came and passed away while his teachings and his successors are establishing the peace that he himself informed will be established through those and for those who will join his community.
Something to ponder for all of us if we really want a peaceful mother Earth.
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